"Stand in the Light"

© 2009 f.Boo Music (ASCAP) Compact Disc

Moody, vibey and spirited, troubadour Keven Brennan’s music is at once retro and futuristic, equal parts beatnik and boogie. Jagged word sculptures tell tales from a life spent shining light on overlooked characters and their struggles with life’s contradictions.

Stand in the Light weaves fluently through musical genres, coming to rest finally at that spot where Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart duke it out for a place in your heart, your cerebellum and your dirty old soul.

Produced by Keven Brennan and backed by the avant-jazz group Kneebody, Stand in the Light is defiantly original, yet owes much to the diverse urban landscape of L.A.

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Reviews

“...another splendid offering... attitude a-plenty... infused with a New Orleans gumbo spirit, despite a slight musical shift... the songs are utterly delightful, with ‘Saints Say’, ‘Blow Your Holy Horn’ and ‘Letters to the Laundromat’ having become instant additions to my most played list.” [Read more...] (Mr. H, Zeigeist)

"God is a Mighty Gourd"

© 2004 f.Boo Music (ASCAP) Compact Disc

Killer musicianship, tight grooves, story songs to tongue-in-cheek avant-funk oddities. Keven Brennan’s music has been described as “the Gap Band-meets-Stephen King-meets-The Beatles-meets-Andrea Crouch,” with eclectic influences ranging from the funk of the Meters and Parliament/Funkadelic, to the offbeat humor of Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa, to the imagery and poeticism of Tom Waits and David Byrne. Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves described Keven as “a rhymer whose tunes run hot like Cajun Gumbo, then cool like a drunk in a coffee house.” Just as eclectic and encompassing are his talents as singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, including saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, guitars, keyboards, drums and percussion.

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"Keven Brennan's Revival Tent"

© 2001 f.Boo Music (ASCAP) Compact Disc

Board the funky spaceship and ride past the shuffling shoes and slack-jawed gawkers... destination: “Revival Tent,” home of Keven Brennan, soul preacher, and his band of circus freaks. New Orleans second line grooves; songs about pirates and lovers, jugglers and jigglers; and sideshow spoken word. Keven has been compared to Tom Waits, Talking Heads, Captain Beefheart, and Frank Zappa.

He is joined on his third cd on the independent f. Boo label by: consulting producer Stuart Wiener, a veteran music publisher whose company has published songs recorded by artists ranging from Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra to the Beatles and Elvis, to Paul Simon, Van Morrison, and the Isley Brothers; the slammin’, Los Angeles based rhythm section, Orgone; and featured guest artists Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, and Oren Waters performing gospel vocals on Track #2 (“Rebirth of the Unknown / God is so Good”).

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Reviews

“A rhymer whose tunes run hot like Cajun Gumbo, then cool like a drunk in a coffee house.” (Blag Dahlia -The Dwarves). “Keven goes into a musical world of intellectual heavyweights and comes out looking cool, daddy-o!” (The Seattle University Reporter).“

"Dada Spots"

© 1999 f.Boo Music (ASCAP) Compact Disc

New Orleans groove, Beatnik poetry, funky horn lines, and the active ears of a hip audience... This is what sells a Dada Spots CD, and this is what makes a Dada Spots show.

And they don’t disappoint with their second CD, simply titled DADA SPOTS.
Imagine Tom Waits fronting the Meters. Think David Byrne with the Dirty Dozen. This music is a southern novel that cloaks itself in the get-down boogie of a generation that care forgot.

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Reviews

“In that twilight zone between good and evil, black and white, stands a man, tenor saxophone in one hand and a cigarette in the other. I guess that’s why he’s on fire: Keven Brennan, a rhymer whose tunes run hot like Cajun Gumbo, then cool like a drunk in a coffee house. I have seen Keven blow rock-a-billy in sleazy East Coast dives and punk rock on the Sunset Strip. I have seen him trade blows with Indiana yahoos and trade girls with everyone in the band. The result is a new kind of beat poetry, a thing that goes funk in the night.
Don’t wait for the movie, come where the flavor is -- Dada Spots.” (Blag Dahlia “The Dwarves”)

"Hip horn and percussion passages... spicy beats, growling guitars and vocals like the B-52's meeting Fishbone on an LA beach in the late 40's. "Blow Mi Mynd" has a mellow, funky vibe like a long day of sipping too many cocktails at a smoky club, and "Pour the Gasoline" features Keven's twisted poetic rap over a slick drum based style groove. Keven proves to have both musical talent and a unique perspective on songwriting, keeping a certain laid-back feel, while stimulating your cranium with thought-intensive words and tastefully unethical musical embellishments.  A journey well off the beaten path of musical normalcy, but a very wonderful journey at that." (Mark E. Waterbury, Music Morsel)

"Beatnik Gumbo"

© 1995 f.Boo Music (ASCAP) Compact Disc

Keven Brennan's debut solo album.

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Reviews

"Grade: A ... A Kerouac/Bootsy Collins Cocktail... Keven Brennan goes into a musical world of intellectual heavyweights and comes out looking cool, daddy-o!" - University Reporter, Seattle

"Wow, what a cool record. I wish I was sitting on my deck sipping a margarita while I was reviewing this one. Think cool grooes, jazz, be-bop and beatnik poetry, for starters. Packed with various musical influences and styles on each track. This album will definitely leave you with an enjoyable buzz after the first listen." (Campus Circle, Los Angeles)